Pakistan bans broadcast of Indian Premier League 2019

Pakistan's Information and Broadcasting minister Fawad Chaudhry, on Thursday, confirmed that there will be no telecast of Indian Premier League (IPL) in the country

India’s decision to ban the broadcast of Pakistan Super League (PSL) has drawn a critical response from the neighbouring nation. Pakistan Information and Broadcasting minister Fawad Chaudhry, on Thursday, confirmed that there will be no telecast of Indian Premier League (IPL) in the country.

Chaudhry also accused the Indian team of politicising cricket and said, “During the PSL, the way the Indian companies and the government treated Pakistan cricket after that, we can't tolerate that IPL is shown in Pakistan.”

He also dragged the incident when Indian players sported the camouflage caps during the recently concluded ODI series against Australia.

“We tried to keep politics and cricket apart but then the Indian cricket team played matches wearing army caps against Australia and there was no action taken against it. I feel if IPL is not shown in Pakistan, it will be a loss for IPL and Indian cricket. We are a cricketing superpower in international cricket,” Chaudhary added.

India took the decision to stop the coverage of the tournament in protest of the Pulwama terror attack that killed 40 CRPF personnel. Indian company IMG Reliance had also pulled out of its deal to produce the television coverage of the PSL worldwide forcing the Pakistan-based T20 league to find a new production company midway into the tournament.